Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution

CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

 

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Besides the common abbreviations, symbols and terms, the following have been used:

In tables on the status of ratification
 

R	Ratification
Ac	Accession
Ap	Approval
At	Acceptance
Sc	Succession

(1) With declaration upon signature.
(2) With declaration upon ratification.
(3) For the Kingdom in Europe.
(4) Including the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, the United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekhelia on the Island of Cyprus.
(5) Including the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, the Isle of Man.
(6) Not applying to the Faeroe Islands and Greenland.

In the flow chart
 

ICP	International Cooperative Programme
TF	Task Force
WG	Working Group

CC	Coordination Centre
CCC	Chemical Coordinating Centre
CCE	Coordination Center for Effects
MRC	Main research Centre
MSC-E	Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-East
MSC-W	Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-West
PC	Programme Centre
PCC	Programme Coordination Centre

 In the legal texts of the convention and its protocols
 

Currencies DM Deutsche mark ECU European currency unit US$ United States dollar

Organizations, centres and programmes

ECE	Economic Commission for Europe
EMEP	Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe
MSC-E	Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-East
MSC-W	Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-West
SAPRC	Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme

Weights and measures
 

C Celsius g Gram GJ Gigajoule h Hour K Kelvin kg Kilogram km Kilometre km2 Square kilometre kPa Kilopascal kt Kilotonne kWel Kilowatt (electric) kWh Kilowatt-hour m2 quare metre m3 Cubic metre mg  Milligram MW Megawatt MWel  Megawatt (electric) MWth Megawatt (thermal) t Tonne

Technical and scientific abbreviations

A BC D E F G H I J L K MN O P Q RS T U VW X Y Z
 

AC Activated carbon process AD Air dried AS  Ammonia scrubbing BBF Biased-burner-firing BE Bitumen emulsion BFBC Bubbling fluidized bed combustion BOOS Burner-out-of-service CCGT Combined cycle gas turbine CFBC Circulating fluidized bed combustion CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CNG  Compressed natural gas CO Carbon monoxide CO2  Carbon dioxide DBB Dry bottom boiler EBDS Electron beam dry scrubbing EGR Exhaust gas recirculation FBC Fluidized bed combustion FGD Flue gas desulphurization FGR Flue gas recirculation HDV Heavy-duty vehicle IC engine Internal combustion engine IFNR In-furnace-NOx-reduction reburning IGCC Integrated gasification combined cycle LEA Low excess air combustion LNB Low NOx burner LPG Liquefied petroleum gas LWS Lime/limestone wet scrubbing MIR Maximum incremental reactivity NH3 Ammonia NO Nitrogen oxide NO2 Nitrogen dioxide NOx Nitrogen oxides N2O Dinitrogen monoxide O3  Ozone OBD  On-board diagnostic system OFA Over fire air combustion PF Pulverized fuel PFBC Pressurized fluidized bed combustion POCP  Photochemical ozone creation potential ppb Parts per billion ppmv Parts per million by volume RAP Reduced air preheat RVP Reid vapour pressure SCR  Selective catalytic reduction SDA Spray dry absorption SNCR Selective non-catalytic reduction SO2 Sulphur dioxide SO3 Sulphur trioxide SOx  Sulphur oxides SOMA  Sulphur oxides management area STP Standard temperature (0 C) and pressure (1.013 x 105 Pa) TOMA Tropospheric ozone management area UV Ultraviolet VOC Volatile organic compound WBB Wet bottom boiler WL Wellman Lord process WSA Wet sulphuric acid catalytic process

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